Things are going very well! I have done the things I said I would and I am feeling great! I am doing some hard analyzing of things and one thing I realized is I LOVE to cook! I already knew this, but I looked one step deeper into it. I don't necessarily love to eat, but I love the process of cooking. I find it cathartic. Chopping the veggies, mixing sauces, playing with textures and tastes. It just makes me happy. So I peeled the onion one layer deeper and realized that cooking is no different that creating with paper or paint. No different than designing or decorating. Even really no different than photography. These are all things that I adore and make me happy. They all use creativity, thinking, art and tools. Cooking does evoke the use of another sense that some of these do not and that is the sense of smell. Maybe that is why cooking ranks at the top of my list of favorite hobbies. It uses all of the senses. I am going to do some baking this weekend. It's been years since I have baked bread. I found my favorite yeast at the local Martin's and grabbed it. So instead of Peter heading to Whole Foods weekly for their fresh Italian bread and then spending more money on impulse items only found at Whole Foods, I decided to try and make him some. I found am Italian bread recipe that calls for the use of a biga, so Saturday I will make that first. Then 5 hours later its time to start the process of creating the bread. I will let you know the results. I do not eat bread in general. I will take a tiny taste and usually it has to be toasted to not cause Cybil a problem. But I will surely taste a smidge to see how I did!
I have not weighed myself since Sunday. I am trying to hold off until Friday, but I am a scale addict! My hardest challenge so far has been drinking enough water. I just don't do it. It's not that I don't like water, I am just not a big drinker. Add in not drinking 30 minutes before a meal (I follow that rule loosely), during a meal and for an hour after and it makes getting in your daily amounts hard!
Accomplishment of the day: I am wearing a size 18 sundress as I type this! It's been a loooonnngggg time since my size did not contain a "2"!
Joie de vivre. Joy of life. Live it, love it and if you don't, then change it!
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